BELT 1.0
Basic Editing and Language Training: Your First Step to Become an Academic Editor
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BELT is a unique course that not only develops your English grammar but also enhances your editing skills. It covers all the necessary grammatical principles necessary for an editor or a writer and avoids the unnecessary junk. It includes our C21 formula to develop you writing and editing skills for academic and business writing; however, this writing formula could be extended to any kind of writing.
This course is not only for aspiring editors but also for anyone who wants to develop excellent writing skills. Your degree of success is directly proportional to your ability to communicate your ideas effectively. It’s true for everyone — a sales man, a writer, a marketing specialist, a business executive, a freelancer, a teacher, an engineer, a lawyer or even a doctor. Our primary way of communication in any profession is through written words as spoken words are considered informal.
BELT course is divided into two parts:
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Grammar Fundamentals will include essential grammar definitions and rules for most common grammatical errors made by native as well as non-native writers. You will also get a lot of practice exercises to internalize your learning and apply it to everyday writing.
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Editing Skills will teach you the process for editing any piece of expository writing, and provide you with tips and guidelines specific to academic editing. Here, you will learn various skills to edit a research paper, along with recommendations for editing different sections of the paper
It’s a blended course with self-paced online video modules, exercises and assignments. It has three assessments and several virtual classroom sessions.
With BELT, you will learn the most effective writing and editing techniques used by some of the best editors and writers in the world. You will be able to write or edit any piece of writing — may it be your email, your resume, your reports, your blog or even your social media post — You can make it extraordinary. Just imagine the kind of confidence and security you will gain by learning a skill that’s in high demand in today’s digital world, and companies like ours are always in search for skilled editors and writers.
So, what are you waiting for. Enroll to this course and get ready for an exciting career.
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Course Curriculum
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StartWelcome to BELT 1.0
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StartPre-assessment (Optional)
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Start1.0 Introduction to English Grammar (2:08)
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Start1.1 Sentence (9:32)
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Start1.2 Parts of speech (21:46)
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Start1.3 Substitutes for the parts of speech (8:40)
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Start1.4 Sentence structure (6:02)
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Start1.5 Analyzing sentence structure (Optional)
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Start1.6 Summary
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Start2.0 Common Errors: Sentence Structure (0:26)
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Start2.1 Run on sentences and modifiers (67:44)
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Start2.2 Problems with parallelism (10:27)
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Start2.3 Accurately using ellipsis (8:07)
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Start2.4 Advanced combinations of clauses (Optional)
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StartCommon Errors: Sentence Structure - Assignments
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Start3.0 Common Errors: Nouns (0:28)
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Start3.1 Number (9:52)
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Start3.2 Countable and uncountable nouns (8:51)
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Start4.0 Common Errors: Pronoun (0:34)
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Start4.1 Personal pronouns and cases (12:52)
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Start4.2 Relative pronouns (14:45)
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Start4.3 Problems with pronoun-antecedent agreement (17:23)
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Start5.0 Common Errors: Adjectives (0:19)
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Start5.1 Articles (22:15)
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Start5.2 Quantifiers (10:26)
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StartCommon Errors: Adjectives - Optional Exercises